Articles by NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Scientists have obtained the first image of a black hole, using Event Horizon Telescope observations of the center of the galaxy M87

JPL is working at developing orbiting solar panels to bring a reliable source of electricity to those in developing countries

"Detecting this signal is possible if we are able to monitor a sufficiently large number of pulsars spread across the sky," says lead author of paper.

Whether you're tracking your steps, monitoring your health or sending photos from a smart watch, you want the battery life of your wearable device to last as long as possible. If the power necessary to transmit and receive information from a wearable to a computer, cellular or Wi-Fi network were reduced, you could get a lot more mileage out of the technology you're wearing before having to recharge it.

For the first time, a mission designed to set its eyes on black holes and other objects far from our solar system has turned its gaze back closer to home, capturing images of our sun. NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has taken its first picture of the sun, producing the most sensitive solar portrait ever taken in high-energy X-rays.

Observations by NASA's Curiosity Rover indicate Mars' Mount Sharp was built by sediments deposited in a large lake bed over tens of millions of years.